Magnitude 4.5 earthquake shook Oklahoma this morning

[Whoa_Nelly]

Source: NewsOK.com

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake shook central Oklahoma at 9:06 a.m. today.

Ken Luza, engineering geologist at the Oklahoma Geological Survey in Norman, said people felt the quake from Tulsa to Norman.

Luza said he has not heard any damage reports.

The epicenter was 6 miles east of Norman, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.


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Now reported as 4.3.

Very dear friend's parents were on the news there a couple of weeks ago because apparently their country home is sitting right on top of the fault.

[OKNancy]

1. In Tulsa... shook the dishes in my cabinets

It took me a minute to process the whole thing. I mean... we live with tornadoes and they are no big deal.
I haven't had much earthquake experience.

[Le Taz Hot]

4. ". . . we live with tornadoes and they are no big deal."

Huh?????????? :scared:

[Whoa_Nelly]

5. Totally understand that re: tornadoes...grew up in OKC

Tornado warnings happen so often, you just kind of wiat it out, check the skies, and wish the TV beep beep weather warning would stop for a while. Personally, I grew up loving the wild weather and watching for the sky to grow green and the air to go still...it's pretty dramatic and totally fascinating :)

[awoke_in_2003]

9. If I had to choose a natural disaster...

it would be a tornado. Relatively small path of destruction, and the almost always travel in a north east direction.

[Donnachaidh]

2. Hmm, is this in the New Madrid quake area?

We used to giggle about 4.5 when we lived in Los Angeles. But to folks not used to them, it could be scary as hell.

[Tess49]

12. Scared the hell out of me. I thought there had been an explosion.

It was very loud, and my dog and one of the cats dove under the bed.

[Donnachaidh]

13. we were two blocks from a 6.8 quake at 4:30 in the morning

We really truly believed we were being bombed out of existence that morning.

Expect aftershocks. And put an extra pair of sneakers, prescription eyeglasses, and necessary meds in a safe place. Just in case.

[Tess49]

19. At least next time I will know what is happening. Part of the fear

was not knowing what was going on.

[Juneboarder]

26. Must be referring to the Northridge quake?

I was there in the 91326 zip...

[Donnachaidh]

30. we were

91325, a block south of CalState Northridge, and a block north of the Hospital.

[Juneboarder]

38. Hey Neighbor (from 1994)

I'm in San Diego now, but we lived at the top of Tampa. My uncle used to own Porter Ranch Cleaners there on the corner of Tampa and Rinaldi :)

[RaleighNCDUer]

17. It's way west of New Madrid. I didn't know that OK was at all prone

to earthquakes - first I'd ever heard of.

Maybe it's because they've pumped all the oil out the ground there and the dry rocks are working against each other without the lubricant.

[Donnachaidh]

22. the new madrid quake shook huge areas of land on the continent

I would think that OK would have been part of it.

[RaleighNCDUer]

25. OK might have felt it, but the fault lines are 400 miles E of OK.

I was unaware of any active faults under OK itself.

[Donnachaidh]

29. I doubt if the USGS is aware of other faults in the central states

As the last NM quake was in 1812, they haven't much info on the area. But massive quakes can and do race outward in waves. I do know I don't want to be anywhere near any of the large cities in the area, if that puppy pops again. Los Angeles has tough building rules specifically for earthquakes. Midwest US states don't.

[RaleighNCDUer]

32. Yep. Another New Madrid would flatten St Louis and Memphis.

I wonder how many undiscovered mid-plate faults there are out there, just waiting.

[Donnachaidh]

34. I was always fascinated with watching the reports in California

I pretty much lived with a fetal monitor as part of my wardrobe before the Northridge quake. So I obsessed a bit ;-) After going through that, I've always got an emergency pack in the car, and shoes ready. And we've been in Georgia for 16 years. I don't think I'll ever go without, even if I move to Canada lol.

[Drops_not_Dope]

23. interesting theory

where did you hear about this? Did you read about it or is it an original thought?

I am completely serious and not being sarcastic.

[rocktivity]

3. NOW who is God mad at?

Rich Iott?

Brett Favre?

The judge who banned DADT?


:shrug:
rocktivity

[Whoa_Nelly]

7. Tom Coburn

am sure of it! Oh! And probably Sally Kern, too :P

[Mz Pip]

15. If I were God

it would be more than a 4.5. More like a 9.9 right under his feet. I would not be subtle.

[Whoa_Nelly]

16. +1

:evilgrin:

[bullwinkle428]

21. Coburn MUST have been lying about "NO gays in my family tree"!

:evilgrin:

[Posteritatis]

33. Me, but his aim sucks. (nt)

[AlinPA]

6. Thur's sinnin goin on in Oklahomah.

[yesphan]

8. Felt it

here at work in OKC. My house in Norman is about 6 miles from epicenter.
Hope there's no damage and that my dog's OK. She gets Skeert by thunder,
I can't imagine what she must of thought if the house was shaking.

Hang in there Flipper, I'll be home soon !

[Whoa_Nelly]

10. The animals always seem to know before it even hits...

Hope all is well at your home when you get there :hug:

[Donnachaidh]

35. our neighbor had a Vischla dog that would make this skin-crawling howl

just before any quakes hit. You'd literally sit up straight if he started in. We were at work in the early am one day and noticed that all the night noises from the golf course just STOPPED, literally, before a quake rolled thru. THAT was eerie as hell.

[Wednesdays]

11. I feel so left out...

I live about 20 miles northwest of the epicenter. I was sitting right here at my desk at 9:06 AM. Didn't notice a thing.

[greiner3]

14. I see it as a combination of;

They chose to live in OK so they have to live with the consequences and

I doubt it shook any sense into them.

[damntexdem]

18. People paid attention to a 4.3?

And would those folks up there in Tornado Alley pay attention to a dust devil, too?

[Wednesdays]

20. LOL, tornadoes are a form of entertainment here

Whenever there's a significant threat, all shows are pre-empted for hours, and the family gathers round the tube to watch Gary England. "That cell has significant rotation, so y'all take your tornado precautions..." ;) And we all gawk at the live videos taken by those crazy storm chasers.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

24. Arkansas has had a few little ones in the past week...

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html

[DeSwiss]

27. Meh.

This would be news if heavy objects had fallen onto the heads of Coburn or Inhofe.

- Let me know when that happens, okay?

[Blacksheep214]

28. If Coburn required EQ asistance

I would have him call Haiti!

I'm sure they would tell him to piss up a rope!

[Blandocyte]

31. I hope no surreys were harmed.

[Joe Bacon]

36. Did it hit Coburn or Inhofe's homes?

:evilgrin:

[Wednesdays]

37. Quake now upgraded to 5.1

http://www.koco.com/news/25377070/detail.html

Wow.